A Home-Made Salmon Recipe
November 21, 2009
Want to know how I prepare salmon at home?
There’s no denying that Alaskan salmon is one of the best ingredients in kitchens throughout the country and the world: As well as tasting great and being a versatile dish, it is very healthy and harvested responsibly in Alaska.
First step: Properly filleting a salmon is an important step toward presenting an aesthetically superior dish on your dining room table. Have your dressed salmon laid on its side.Make a cut at the side of its gills with your knife to reach the spine.
Enter your knife into this crevice and begin to cut it horizontally along the top of the spine, this should cut all the ribs in the process, from behind the gills all the way to the tail. Place the fillet down on your board, and remove the bones of the stomach in one fell swoop by slicing away the upper portion. All what will remain now is the needle bones inside the fillet, which you can detect with your fingers and can be removed with a pair of tweezers.
Repeat this process with the other side of the fish. the secret of making home-made smoked salmon, the most important things are having quality wood chips and a properly sealed smoke house (for bigger operations) or a smoke box (what usually people use at home). Let your chips smolder away for about half an hour before introducing the salmon; then, make sure you don’t open the box until the end of the process other than to slide the bottom tray in and out just to replenish the wood chips once they have died. The size of the smoking box determines smoking times and if it uses heat or not. hot smoking can be done in a 2-3 hours, whereas cold smoking may take 2-4 days. To learn how to season salmon, this is one if not the best and most essential way to do so.
If the salmon is fresh, try to keep the other ingredients for your preparation fresh too. Cheese , herbs spices and vegetables are great and perfect ingredients for any kind of salmon dish preparations. This is one of the most delicious fisch recipes you will find. Let your imagination be the limit!